EXTREMISTS UNDERMINED CHANCES FOR REAL PROGRESS IN TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION Tea Party Temper Tantrums Skewed Legislative Priorities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2015 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller issued the following statements on the end of the 2015 session of the Texas Legislature today: On the effect of tea party extremists on the Legislature: […]
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TFN HAILS ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HOUSTON ANTI-DISCRIMINATION MEASURE
TFN HAILS ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HOUSTON ANTI-DISCRIMINATION MEASURE Passage of Houston Equal Rights Ordinance Marked Major Step Forward for Equality in Texas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2015 To mark today’s first anniversary of the Houston City Council’s passage of a comprehensive Equal Rights Ordinance, TFN President Kathy Miller issued the following statement: “The passage […]
TEXAS HOUSE TO TAKE UP INDIANA-STYLE BILL SUBVERTING POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT RULING ON MARRIAGE
TEXAS HOUSE TO TAKE UP INDIANA-STYLE BILL SUBVERTING POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT RULING ON MARRIAGE HB 4105 Would Put Texas on Collision Course with Freedom, Lead to National Uproar Similar to What Happened in Indiana FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2015 Civil liberties and LGBT rights organizations today joined in warning the Texas House of Representatives […]
NEW POLL SHOWS LONG LIST OF PROPOSED TEXAS BILLS PROMOTING ANTI-LGBT DISCRIMINATION CONTRADICTS WHAT VOTERS WANT
NEW POLL SHOWS LONG LIST OF PROPOSED TEXAS BILLS PROMOTING ANTI-LGBT DISCRIMINATION CONTRADICTS WHAT VOTERS WANT Large Majority of Likely Voters in Texas Support Protecting Gay and Transgender Texans from Discrimination, Reject Using Religion to Discriminate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2015 A new poll shows that the more than 20 bills filed in the […]
CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUPS RAISE THE ALARM ON ANTI-LGBT BILLS IN TEXAS
CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUPS RAISE THE ALARM ON ANTI-LGBT BILLS IN TEXAS Texas Pioneering Strategy to Subvert Supreme Court Ruling, Enshrine Discrimination in Law FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2015 Civil liberties groups warned today that Texas lawmakers are leading the way on a strategy to subvert a potential Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex […]
